SENCO - Essential Skills

SENCO – Special Educational Needs Coordination

This course is designed to provide those who wish to start a career in teaching support with the skills and credentials to become a successful SENCO or SEN Teaching Assistant. It explores key codes of practice, teaching policies, career growth, and roles and responsibilities. Through case studies and expert guidance, you will gain an excellent understanding of the different types of special educational needs and how they impact learning development, developing a range of skills required to support pupils with autism, ADHD and dyslexia.

SEN Teaching

Gain the skills to support children with learning difficulties and needs such as autism, ADHD and dyslexia, with this professional online training course. You’ll develop your understanding of the different types of special educational needs and their characteristics, how they impact learning and development and will explore the SEN framework in detail.

Dyslexia Awareness

The Dyslexia Awareness training course provides a comprehensive understanding of the causes and characteristics of dyslexia, as well as its impact on learning development. It provides expert guidance on how to support children in gaining core literacy skills, as well as approaches for communicating with dsylexic children.

Autism Awareness

In this Autism Awareness course, you will deepen your understanding of autism to develop the key skills needed to provide learning and psychological support to autistic children. It discusses the signs and symptoms of autism and their impact on learning, the autistic spectrum and typical behavioural traits in autistic children. This course is ideal for parents, teachers and child psychologists.

Child Protection And Safeguarding

This course is ideal for those who work with children and wish to learn more about the principles of safeguarding. It covers how to identify signs of abuse, what to do if a child makes a disclosure, how to report to child protection services, and child protection laws.

Child Care

This Child Care training course applies to anyone who works with or cares for children, equipping learners with the skills to nurture their development and support their learning through engaging activities. It covers the stages of child development, an insight into child psychology, safeguarding responsibilities, learning through play, and much more.

Child Psychology

In the Child Psychology Course, you will deepen your knowledge of the psychology of child development and learn about the common psychological issues that can develop in childhood, including their causes, symptoms and treatment. You will gain an excellent understanding of child psychology in practice and common psychological issues in children, introducing you to fundamental theories, models and approaches.

Child Counselling

The Child Counselling Course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the emotional and psychological development of children, through practical and theoretical knowledge. You’ll gain a wide range of clinical skills required to treat common mental health issues in children, with guidance on how to build a strong client-counselor relationship through therapeutic language.

Paediatric First Aid

The Paediatric First Aid training course is a practical, instructor-led certification, covering fundamental first aid procedures. You’ll learn the contents of the paediatric first aid kit, what to do in the case of an emergency, how to perform CPR on a child and infant, treat wounds and burns, place a child in the recovery position, deal with head injuries, and much more.